Bond Fund Investors Pull Most Money in Two Years
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Bond mutual funds had the biggest client withdrawals in more than two years last week as a flight from fixed-income investments accelerated.
U.S. bond funds experienced withdrawals of $8.62 billion in the week ended Dec. 15, up from $1.66 billion the week before, according to a release from the Investment Company Institute, a Washington-based trade group. Last week’s withdrawals were the largest since the week ended Oct. 15, 2008, when investors yanked $17.6 billion from bond funds.